Married Frank Balok, no children.
Moved from Albemarle Co., VA to what is now Madison Co., KY in 1786.
Served in Kentucky Militia.Christopher Harris (2/3/1725 - 3/14/1794) (died Madison Co., KY), m. (1) Mary Dabney on 2/22/1743/44, married (2) Agnes McCord about 1762
Children of Christopher Harris and Mary Dabney:
** Dabney Harris ** Sarah Harris ** Robert Harris ** Tyree Harris ** Elizabeth Harris ** Mourning Harris (6/4/1754 - ?) married Foster Jones
child of Mourning Harris and Foster Jones:
*-* Mourning Jones married Tyre Martin in 1798, Albemarle Co., VA
** Christopher Harris ** Mary Harris
Children of Christopher Harris and Agnes McCord:
** Jane Harris ** Benjamin Harris ** William Harris ** Barnabus Harris ** James Harris ** Samuel Harris ** Margaret Harris ** Isabella Harris ** Overton Harris ** John Harris
CHRISTOPHER HARRISS WILL - Will Book A-pg 54, 55 In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Harris being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God tho weak in body yet of perfect understanding and memory do constitute this my last will & Testament and desire it should be reviewed by all as such. Imprimis that I will & Desire that my first Children (Viz) Dabney Harris, Sarah Martin, Robert Harriss, Mourning Jones, Christopher Harrifs, & Mary Jones should have the following negroes (excepting thirty pounds out of my son Dabneys Legacy which is to be paid by the Executors of this Part of my Will for the use & Benefit of my wife and Other Children) (Viz) Ritter and her Children, Pomp, Moses, Allice, George, Betty, Lucy and Delphy the above Negores to be Divided Agreeable to Cornelias Dabneys Seniors Will and I do appoint Foster Jones, and Christoph Harrifs as Executors of the above part of this will and as to the Ballance of my Estate I Direct that first my Debts shall be paid out of what money I have by or is owing to me the house where I live I Direct should be finished which together with the tract of land whereon I live, I leave to my Dear & loving wife during her life and at ther death to son Overton Harrifs as to the Ballance of my Negroes (David, Cate, Fanny, Stephen, and Eddy together with my House hold furniture Stock of every kind and Plantation utensels I desire that my wife may have the whole Benefit of them during her life or widowhood and if she should Marry the whole to be sold and Equally Divided amongst her & her children as to my Lands on Muddy Creek I will and Bequeath them as follows, the Drowning Creek Tract of land I will and Bequeath to my son John Harrifs the Sycamore Spring Tract to my son Benjamin Harris the tract on which my son Wm. has Built to my son Harris and the Tract Clalled the Holly Tract to my son Barnabas Harrifs and my land in Albemarle County together with the Stock that is thereon I direct shall be sold and that my sons James and Samuel Harris shall Receive of the money as much as Col John Miller & Robert Rodes shall Judge the land to be worth that I will’d to my Other sons Viz to be made Equal to them, as to my three Daughters Viz Jane Gentry-Margret Harris, and Isabel Harris my will and Desire is that Jean Gentry should Receive ten pounds and Margret and Isbel Harris to have fifty pounds apeice out of the Ballance of what my Albermarld land and the Proffits arising from that place and if that should not be Sufficient that It shall be made up to htem out of any of Personal Estate that my wife and Executors after nemtioned shall think best as to my lands on Sinking Waters my will is that if they are obtained it should be sold and Wqually divided amongst my last Set of Children and I do appoint my dear & loveing wife with John Sappington and John Harris to execute that part of my will that respects my wife and her Children as witnefs my hand & seal this twentyeth day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety four. Witnefs-Hartly Sappington Christopher Harrifs Rich’d Sappington Joseph Wells At a Court held for Madison County on Tuesday the 15th day of March 1794 This Will was proved to be the last will & testament of Christopher Harris by the oath of Joseph Wells, Hartly & Richard Sappington witnefses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste Will Irvine CMC Typed as spelled in will.
Governor, Plymouth Colony William Bradford
Came to America on the Mayflower in 1620.
ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1620 FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth OCCUPATION: Magistrate. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: As a member of the Scrooby congregation, Bradford was of course prominent also in the churches both at Leiden and Plymouth. FREEMAN: In "1633" list of Plymouth freemen, prior to those admitted on 1 January 1632/3. "Mr. William Bradford" (as governor) was in the Plymouth section of the list of 1639. EDUCATION: Although not educated at one of the universities, Bradford could certainly hold his own with any of those who were. His library was one of the most extensive among the first generation of New Englanders, being valued at £15 3s., and, like many of the ministers, he had knowledge of many languages, including Hebrew. His education was also on display in his many writings. OFFICES: Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1621-33, 1635, 1637, 1639-43, 1645-56. Plymouth Colony Assistant, 1634, 1636, 1638, 1644. Plymouth Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1647-49, 1652. "Mr. Bradford" in Plymouth section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms. ESTATE: In 1623 Plymouth land division received three acres as a passenger on the Mayflower, and Alice Bradford received one acre as a passenger on the Anne. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division "the Governor Mr. William Bradford and ... his wife Alles Bradford," William Bradford, Junior, and Mercy Bradford were the first four persons in the eleventh company. Assessed £1 16s. in the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and £1 7s. in the list of 27 March 1634. In his nuncupative will, dated 9 May 1657 and proved 3 June 1657, "Mr. William Bradford Sen[io]r being weak in body, but in perfect memory having deferred the forming of his will in hopes of having the help of Mr. Thomas Prence therein," stated that he had "disposed to John and William already their proportions of land, which they are possessed of," asked "that my son Joseph be made in some sort equal to his brethren out of my estate," made "my dear and loving wife Allice Bradford" executrix and for "her future maintenance my will is that my stock in the Kennebecke trade be reserved for her comfortable subsistence," appointed "my well-beloved Christian friends Mr. Thomas Prence, Captain Thomas Willett and Lieutenant Thomas Southworth" as supervisors, to whose wisdom he commended "some small books written by my own hand to be improved as you shall see meet; in special I commend to you a little book with a black cover, wherein there is a word to Plymouth, a word to Boston, and a word to New England, with sundry useful verses". The inventory of "the estate of Mr. William Bradford sr. lately deceased" was taken 22 May 1657 and was not totalled; it included several parcels of real estate, not all of which were valued: "the house and orchard and some small parcels of land about the town of Plymouth," £45; "one parcel at Eastham and another at Bridgwater," not valued; and "a small parcel about Sawtuckett and his purchase land at Coaksett with his rights in the town's land at Punckatessett," not valued. BIRTH: Baptized Austerfield, Yorkshire, 19 March 1589/90, son of William and Alice (Hanson) Bradford. DEATH: Plymouth 9 May 1657. MARRIAGE: (1) Amsterdam, Holland, 10 December 1613 Dorothy May of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; she died 7 December 1620. (2) Plymouth 14 August 1623 Alice (Carpenter) Southworth [Prince, daughter of Alexander Carpenter and widow of Edward Southworth; she died Plymouth 26 March 1670. CHILDREN:
With first wifei JOHN, b. say 1617; m. by 1650 Martha Bourne, daughter of Thomas Bourne
With second wife
ii WILLIAM, b. Plymouth 17 June 1624; m. (1) by 1650 Alice Richards, daughter of THOMAS RICHARDS, d. Plymouth 12 December 1671 ; m. (2) _____ _____; m. (3) after 7 March 1675/6 Mary (Wood) Holmes, daughter of John Wood and widow of John Holmes.iii MERCY, b. by 1627; m. Plymouth 21 December 1648 Benjamin Vermayes.
iv JOSEPH, b. about 1630; m. Hingham 25 May 1664 Jael Hobart, daughter of Reverend Peter Hobart, and granddaughter of EDMUND HOBART.
Alice arrived at Plymouth in June 1623 in the Anne.
On 14 Aug 1623 William second married Alice Carpenter (978) , daughter of Alexander Carpenter (1551-1612) & Priscilla Dillon (-1664), at Plymouth, MA.Born ca 1590 at Somerset, England.Baptized on 3 Aug 1590 at Wrington, Somerset, Eng.Alice died at Plymouth, MA, on 26 or 27 Mar 1670/1. "on the 26 Day of March 1670 Mistris Allice Bradford senir: Changed this life for a better haveing attained to fourscore yeares of age or therabouts shee was a godly Matron; and much loved while shee lived and lamented tho; aged when shee Died and was honorabley enterred on the 29 Day of the month aforsaid; att New Plymouth". Buried on 29 Mar 1670/1 in Plymouth, MA Alice arrived at Plymouth in June 1623 in the Anne. Will: From the Southworth Genealogy: The last will and Testament of Mistress Alice Bradford Sennr of Plymouth deceased; exhibited to the Court att Plymouth in New England the 7th day of June Anno: Dom. 1670 on the oathes of Nathaniel Morton and Lieut. Ephraim Morton: as followeth; "I allis Bradford senir of the Towne of Plymouth in the Juris- diction of New England widdow: being weake in bodv but of dis- posing mind and perfect memory blessed be God; not knowing how soone the Lord may please to take mee out of this world unto him- selfe; doe make and ordaine this to be my last will and Testament, in manner and forme as followeth; Imps; I bequeath my soule to god that gaue it and my body to the dust in hope of a Joyfull Resur- rection vnto Glory desiring that my body may be Intered as near vnto my deceased husband; Mr William Bradford: as Conveniently may be; and as for my worldly estate I dispose of it as followeth: Impris: I give and bequeath vnto my deare sister, Mary Carpenter: the bed I now lye on with the furniture therevnto belonging and a paire of sheets and a good Cow and a yearling heiffer and a young 12 SOUTHWORTH GENEALOGY mare. Item I give and bequeath vnto my son Mr. Constant South- worth my Land at Paometty viz: all my Purchase land there; with all my Rights Privilidges and appurtenances therevnto belonging: To him and his heires and assignes for ever: Item I give and bequeath vnto my said Constant Southworth . . . and vnto my son Mr. Joseph Bradford: the one halfe of my sheep to be equally deuded betwixt them; and the other halfe to my son Captaine William Bradford Item I give vnto my said son Joseph Bradford my paire of working oxen and a white heffer; Item I give vnto my honored friend Mr Thomas Prence one of the books were my dear husbands library; which of them hee shall choose; Item I giue vnto my deare Grand- child Elizabeth Howland; the daughter of my deare son Captaine Thomas Southworth deceased; the some of seauen pounds; for the vse and benefit of her son James howland Item I giue vnto my ser- vant maide Mary Smith a Cow Calfe to be deliuered her the next springe if I decease this winter and if I doe not decease this winter; my will is that shese haue one deliuered to her out of my estate in som short time after my decease: all the rest of my estate not dis- posed of already by this my last will and Testament; as aboue said; I giue and bequeath by this my last Will and Testament; I giue and bequeath vnto my sonnes Mr Constant Southworth Captaine William Bradford to be equally tharided amongst them in equall and alike proportions. In Witness that this is my last Will and Testament I the said Alice Bradford haue heervnto sett my hand and seale; this twenty ninth day of December Anno: Dom. one Thousand six hundred sixty nine. The A marke of Signed and sealed in Alice Bradford senr the prensence off Ephraim Morton and her Nathaniel Morton (seal) Witnesses In the inventory of her property are included, 8 Cowes, 2 yearlings, a 2 yeare old steare a steare of 4 years old, 1:2 years old heiffer, 1 old horse with three mares 17 sheep and 2 lambs. There is mention of furniture in the Now Parlor Chamber,* in the outward Parlor Chamber, In the old Parlor Chamber. In the study in books 90 vols. Mr. Perkins two of them 3 of Doctor Willets on genesis exodus & Daniel 1.00.00 1.00.00 Quickrawaden 0.10.00 the history of the Church 0.08.00 Peter Martins comon places 0.15.00 Cartwright on Remise Testament 0.10.00 the history of the Netherlands 0.15.00 Peter Martin on the Romans 0.05.00 Moors works on the New Testament 1.00.00 *This was undoubtedly the new chamber which it will be seen later was ordered to be built by Constant Southworth.
Notes for Thomas Thompson:
His will dated April 22, 1774In the name of God amen, I Thomas Thomson of the County of Louisa, and Parish of Trinity, being very weak of body and cauling to mind the uncertainty of life, do make, ordain and appoint, this my last will and testament in manner of form following, towit.
I leave to my beloved during her natural life, two negroes by name, (L?)ibba and Yorke, and any land and plantation, cauled and known by the Name of Purfords, to either with four of her choice of the cows and calves. I lend to my said wife all my household and furniture. Except one feather bed, which I give to my son Jeremiah Thomson. I lend to my said wife one of the choice of my horses. I give to my said wife all my stock of hogs and sheep to her. I lend to my said wife one negroe girl named Sarah, and her increase during her natural life, and at her death to be at her disposial to give her and her increase to such of my children or grandchildren as she may think fitt.
Itam. I give to my son Jeremiah Thomson the land and plantation I now live on, on Bever Creek, to him and his heirs forever. Itam. I give to my son two negroes by name Coll and Peter, and the increase of the said female have to him and his heirs forever. I give to my said son the household and kitchin furniture and the four cows and calves, as aboved mentioned, as done to beloved wife to him and his heirs at the death of his said mother. Itam. It is my will and desire that the crop of grain that is this present year, be for the use of my wife and my son Jeremiah and divided if they require it, by my Executors as they shall think best.
Itam. I give to my son William Thomson all the land that I have ?ockfish River in the County Of (Amherst?) to him and his heirs forever.
Itam. I give to my daughter Patience Gleen one shilling sterling.
Itam. I give to my daughter Ursky Ray one shilling sterling
Itam. I give to my son (Set---?) Thomson one shilling sterling.
Itam. It is my will and desire that all my Estate, both real and personal that is not disposed of at this my last Will and Testament may be sold by my Executors, which I Shall heretofore mention, and the money arising from the sale be equally dividedamongst each of my children as I (?) mention to Susanna Clark, Mourning Pryor, William Thomson, Elizabeth Nuby, and Richard Thomson, that is --, if the said -- or his heirs should appear to claim his part in the term of ten years after my death and in case the said Richard nor his representatives do not claim in that time, I then give and bequeath one part alloted for him, to be equally divided between my sons William Thomson and Jeremiah Thomson, to them and their heirs forever and hold same it is my will and desire the part alloted for my said Richard and be longer, the living son in security to my other executor for the payment of his part in the ----- my heirs, in the above limited time to claim his rights.
Itam. It is my will and desire that part I have given my above mentd children as Susanna Clark, Mourning Pryor, William Thomson Elizabeth Nuby and Richard Thomson heretofore grant there land, be v-ed and alloted to each of them on part of their proportions in the division to them and theirs heirs forever.
Itam. It is my will and desire to give two negroes and their increase of the female slave if ther would be any, together with land --- horse I have lent my wife, any at her death, be sold by the executors. The money riseing from such sale, to be equally divided among such children as I have mentioned, Susanna Clark, Mourning Pryor, William Thomson, Elizabeth Nuby,and Richard Thomson if the claim as I have mentioned and if he the said Richard nor his heirs should not claim, I then give his part to my sons William and Jeremiah Thomson to be as above to them and their heirs forever.
Itam. It is my will and desire that my debts may be paid out of the part of my estate I have allotted to be sold.
Itam. I make ---- and appoint this as my last will and testament laying all other wills aside, appointing my son William Thomson and Thomas Johnson Junr, Executors to this my last will and testament. Wherefore I have hereunto set my hand and sole this 22nd of April 1774.
Thomas Thomson
TT - his mark
Signed sealed and delivered in presants of
Thomas Fuller
Margaret Thomson (L - her mark)
Jeremiah ThomsonAt a court held for Louisa County on Monday the 10th Day of October 1774. This will was this day in open Court proven to be the last will and testament of Thomas Thomson deceased by the oath of Thomas Fuller as witness thereto and ordeered to be certified.
Teste John Nelson
Passenger on the "Anne," third ship to bring colonists to Plymouth.
EXPERIENCE MITCHELL
ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1623 on Anne FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Duxbury by 1639, Bridgewater between 1684 and 1689 FREEMAN: In "1633" Plymouth list of freemen in close proximity to those admitted 1 January 1632/3 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 1:4]. In Plymouth Colony list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 1:53]. In Duxbury section of lists of freemen dated 1639, 1658, 29 May 1670, and [blank] March 1683/4 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 5:274, 8:174, 198, 203]. EDUCATION: His inventory included "books" valued at 14s. He signed his will. OFFICES: Grand jury, 7 June 1659 (fined for refusing to serve), 5 June 1666, 5 June 1677 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 3:163, 4:123, 5:230]. Petit jury, 1 June 1647, 7 June 1648, 6 June 1649, 5 October 1640, 5 June 1644, 7 June 1649, 4 June 1652 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 2:117, 126, 140, 177, 7:17, 37, 46, 60]. Coroner's jury, 7 May 1662 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:12]. Duxbury surveyor of highways, 1 June 1658 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 3:136]. In Duxbury section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 8:189]. ESTATE: In 1623 Plymouth land division, George Morton and Experience Mitchell together received eight acres [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:6]. In 1627 Plymouth cattle division "Experience Michaell" was the tenth person in the first company with Francis Cooke [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:9]. On 9 May 1631 Experience Michell sold to Samuell Eddy his dwelling house and part of his garden plot [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:18]. Assessed 18s. in Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and 9s. in list of 27 March 1634 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 1:10, 27]. He was forty-ninth on the list of Purchasers [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 2:177]. In an undated entry, but probably in 1645, Mr. John Holmes of Plymouth, messenger, sold Experience Mitchell of Duxbury two acres of marsh meadow [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:109]. On 20 March 1647 Samuel Eedy sold Experience Mitchell one acre of marsh meadow [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:151]. On 1 July 1650 Experience Mitchell purchased two acres of marsh meadow in Duxbury at Blewfish River from Andrew Ringe of Plymouth [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:189]. On 20 November 1650 William Paybody of Duxbury, planter, sold to Experience Mitchell of Duxbury, planter, a house and ten acres of land at Blewfish River in Duxbury [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:198]. On 3 October 1662 Experience Mitchell was one of a group nominated for consideration for lands on the northerly bounds of Taunton "if any be left over" [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:27]. On 8 June 1664 he was part of a group permitted to look for land between Bridgewater and the Bay line [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:67]. On 7 June 1665 Experience Mitchell was fifth on a list of twenty-four shares of land on the westerly side of Namasskett River "for his children," no one to possess above two shares [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:94]. He again had liberty to look for land 5 June 1666 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:132]. On 3 June 1668 he was granted land near Mattapoisett River [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:185]. On 29 October 1668 and 1 June 1669 the court arranged for Experience Mitchell and others to have land at Namassakett [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 5:5, 20]. In his will, dated 5 December 1689 [sic] and proved 4 September 1689, "Experience Mitchell now living in the town of Bridgwater" bequeathed to "my son Edward Mitchell ... all my lands both upland and meadow lying in the town of Duxbury at the place where I formerly dwelt"; if "my wife Mary Mitchell shall survive me I require my son Edward to take care of her" if she wished to live in Bridgewater, but if "she rather incline to live at Duxbury" then half the rent of the land at Duxbury to be given her during her life; "my son Edward shall have the sole dispose of it as to the letting of it out for the house I acknowledged it to be his," he also to receive household goods; to "my son John I have formerly given him his portion of land and my will is that he rest satisfied ... which was fourscore acres of upland and four acres of meadow lying at Namatakeesit" and the moveables in his hands, "one cow, a short gun, a small iron kettle I give unto my grandson Experience and the remainder I give unto my son John"; "as for my land lying in the town of Middlebury I give it to my daughters Mary Shaw, Sarah Haward and Hannah Haward and to my grandson Experience Mitchell the son of my son John to be equally divided"; to "my daughter Mary Shaw 20s."; to "Hannah Haward 40s."; "and if my stock stand I give to my grandson Thomas Mitchell one cow and to my granddaughter Mary Mitchell one cow"; "I leave the dispose of my granddaughter Mary Mitchel with my son Edward and Joseph Bartlett"; residue of moveables and chattels to "my son Edward Mitchell," executor [MD <javascript:APop(p24549,100,120);> 4:150-51, citing PPR <javascript:APop(p24550,100,120);> 1:44-45; Small Gen <javascript:APop(p24551,170,204);> 518-20]. The inventory of the estate of Experience Mitchel of Bridgwater was taken 14 May 1689 and totalled £21 17s., including no real estate. BIRTH: By about 1603 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: By 14 May 1689 when his inventory was taken. MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1628 Jane Cooke, daughter of FRANCIS COOKE She died before 1641, and perhaps some years earlier. (2) By about 1641 Mary _____. She died after about 1662 (birth of last child). CHILDREN:
With first wife
i ELIZABETH, b. Plymouth say 1628; m. Plymouth 6 December 1645 John Washburn
ii THOMAS, b. Plymouth say 1630. In 1936 Merton Taylor Goodrich argued at length that this Thomas Mitchell was the same as a man of that name who appeared on Block Island by 1678 and had a family there [TAG <javascript:APop(p24556,90,108);> 12:93-99; see also NEHGR <javascript:APop(p24557,110,132);> 82:457-58, which does not make this claim]. Others who have agreed with this position are G. Andrews Moriarty [TAG <javascript:APop(p24556,90,108);> 19:226] and Robert S. Wakefield [MD <javascript:APop(p24549,100,120);> 38:187-89].
iii MARY, b. Plymouth say 1632; m. (1) Plymouth 24 December 1652 James Shaw [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 8:14], son of JOHN SHAW </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoJOHNSHAW>; m. (2) John Jenny [BrLR 3:61].
Passenger on the "Anne," third ship to bring colonists to Plymouth.
Shown 1850 Census, Brooklyn, Susquehanna, PA; 1860 and 1870 Census Dimock, Susquehanna, PA
1860 Dimock census along with wife, son James and wife, and grandson John Elmos Wright
1810 Census, in the household of Joseph Washburn, Clifford Twp., Susquehanna, PA.
1850 Brooklyn, Susquehanna, PA census.
1860 and 1870 Dimock, Susquehanna, PA censuses.
Cornelius DABNEY was born about 1640 in , Albemarle, Virginia. He was christened on 11 Dec 1630 in Bucknell, , Lincoln, England. He died in 1694 in Pamunkey River, St Peter Parish, New Kent, Virginia. He was buried in 1694 in Pamunkey River, St Peter Parish, New Kent, Virginia. He married Susanna Or Jennings SWAN in 1664 in Pamunkey River, St Peter Parish, New Kent, Virginia.
Cornelius Debany (Dabony) was granted 200 acres in New Kent County, Virginia on 27 Sept. 1664 beg, at the mouth of Totopotomoys Cr. Upon the S. side of Yorke Riv., etc. (Patent Book #5, p. 406); 640 acres upon the lower side of Tottopotomoys Cr. etc. on 7 June 1666 (Patent Book # 5, p.625), and 100 acres on south side Yorke Riv. Above Totopotomoyes Cr. beg. at the mouth of same on 16 Mar. 1667/8 (Patent Book #6, p.114; Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nell Nugent, Vol. 1, pp. 515 and 559, and Vol. 2, p. 31).This land is now in Hanover County. In 1679 the Pamunkey Indians leased for 99 years "six or seven hundred acres" to Cornelius Dabney (English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, compiled by Louis des Cognets, Jr., p. 58). In Sainsbury's Abstracts of Colonial State Papers, in the Public Records Office in London, there are two letters from Cornelius Dabney, the "Interpreter to the Queen of Pamunkey." The first is a state letter from the Queen of the Pamunkeys translated by Cornelius Dabney in his official capacity and transmitted to Colonel Francis Moryson of the Royal Commission of Virginia. The second is a personal letter to Colonel Moryson, dated Virginia, Jun ye 29th, 1678, in which Cornelius Dabney concluded: "...Sr. my wife Eedeth has her humble service p'sented unto y' Hono'. (she) would gladly send y' one of her Boyes a yeare or two hence.My humble service to y' Hono'. I am: Sr: y' Hono's most humble servant in all obedience. Cornelius Dabney." (Charles William Dabney, "The Origin of the Dabney Family of Virginia," Va. Mag. of History and Biography, April 1937, Vol. 45, No. 2, p. 134). On 22 May 1686, Mr. Cornelius Dabnee was listed as a vestryman of St. Peter's Parish Church, New Kent. He died between 23 October 1693 and 1 May 1694 (Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1684-1786, transcribed and edited by C. G. Chamberlayne (Richmond: The Library Board, 1937, pp. 4, 40, 43)).
Notes for George Thomasson:
In September 1616 he became a bound apprentice for nine years to Henry Featherstone, Bookseller.
George became a member of the Stationer's Company in 1626 and engaged in the publishing and bookselling business. He became famous for his collection of the English Civil war Tracts and apart from the history surrounding the tracts, very little is known of his life.His will was proved 27 Apr 1666 with his son Henry and son-in-law, William Stonestreet, as executors. He asked to be buried as near as possible to the tomb of his wife, at St. Dunstan's in the West.
WILL OF GEORGE THOMASSON
from the Public Record Office Richmond, Surrey, UK
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www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk
transcribed by Julie Shepherd, January, 2004 jez4jms@aol.co
The document is hand-written, apparently by a clerk of the period, as there are parts of other documents on the image all written in the same hand. There are few periods, commas or paragraphs so I did not edit them in. Underscores indicate words I could not decipher. ? before and after indicate the word I think is written. ^ indicates an insertion, the word being written in the margin with an insertion mark in the body of the text.
I, George Thomason Citizen and Stationer of London being in health of body and of sound and perfect mynde and memory Thanks be given to Almighty God yet considering the frailty of human ?condition? and the certainty of my departure out of this present life and likewise the ?uncertainty? of the day & hour when it shall please God to call for me out of it I so therefore make & declare this my personal last will and testament in writing in manner and forme following That is to ?say? First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that ____ it ____hoping & sincerely believing that by and through the only ____of his only begotten sonne my Savior Jesus Christ I shall be saved and after this short & transitory life ended be made p___with the holy Saints and Angels of his everlasting kingdom of Glory. And my body if ?commit? to the earth to by buryed in ?decent or devout? and ?seemly? manner at the discretion of my executors hereafter named. And if I dye within the citty of London or within Tenne miles thereof my desire is to be buryed in the South ?Ile? of Saint Dunstan in the west London as near to my Deare and only wife Katherine Thomason as ?reasonably? may be. And as touching that ?portion? of temporal estate, which God in his infinite mercy and goodness hath conferred upon me in this life I give and dispose thereof in manner and form following. That is to say I ____do give each of my executors my children grandchildren and servants living with me at my death mourning at my funeral and ____ (maybe knoe?) other And I do will that each other person that is invited and doth come to my funeral shall have there delivered one small volume which I have long since pakt up for that very purpose. And if there be any left undispersed of at my funeral my will is that my executors do distribute them amongst such of my friends and acquaintances as shall not be present at my funeral which are mentioned on a list written with my own hand where ever their habitations and in such convenient tyme after my funeral as may be. And my will also is that what other charge is ?usual? expended maynly upon funeralls be distributed amongst the poor of the parishes of Saint ?Faith? and St. Dunstan's in the west London. ____the ____at the ____ of my executors. And whereas I being a freeman of the City of London and a widower by the ?current? and laudable customs thereof my estate ought to be divided into three parts. Two parts whereof are in my owne disposition and the other third part ought to come to my children unprovided for. I do therefore after payment of my debts and funerall expenses according to that current and laudable custom do give and bequeath ^ unto my four younger children vizt Edward Grace Henry & Thomas one third parte the whole into three ^ equal parts to be divided of all my estate so: ____equally and proportionally part and parts alike: My eldest sonne George Thomason and my eldest daughter Katherine now wife of William Stonestreet being both advanced in marryiage have had and received from me liberal and plentyfull portions of my estate.And as touching the other two third parts The whole into three equal parts to be divided of my estate I give and bequeath those summes in manner and form following. That is to say I give & bequeath unto my said sonne George Thomason so many books of such quality as he shall ^______Personal of my stock of books as may be reasonably worth Tenne pounds to be sold in every year for the span of Tenne years next after my death. And I do will my executors to deliver the ?same or summes? unto him yearly and every year on the fowre and twentyth day of June in every year during the said span of Tenne years. The first delivery to be made on the fowre and twentyth day of June next after my death. And all the deliverys to be made at the dwelling house of my executor Henry Thomason wherever it shall be. I also give unto by said sonne George my Bible which I dayly used being ___ with a pair of ___, with two hands and a heart in the ___ and all the loose papers in that Bible. And I give unto my daughter Avis Thomason wife of the said George my books of Martyrs (1) in three volumes out of my library called my late deare wifes library. (2) I____I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Katherine Stonestreet as a testimony of my fatherly affection unto her____ of my said library Tenne volumes of books in Folio Twenty volumes of books in quatro and thirty volumes of books in Octavio (3) such as she shall make choise of ?except? books of Martyrs which I have given unto her formerly and the King Bible with ?Cutts? in it which was bound at ____which King Bible I give unto my grandsonne William Stonestreet for the ?cutts? ?sake? wherein he taketh much delight. And I also give unto my said grandson Tenne pounds in money to be bestowed on a piece of Plate for him thereby better to remember me. And my sonne George having ?received? a larger portion of my said late ^Deare wifes library already I do give and bequeath the remaynder of the said library unto and amongst my said children Edward Grace Henry and Thomas to be equally and proportionally divided amongst them parte and portion alike. That looking upon them they may remember to whom they did once belong hoping that they will make the better use of them for their presious and dear mothers sake. ?Then? I give and bequeath unto my daughter Grace Thomason her late dear Mothers watch and Ebony cabbinett and all the goods in it. And my best bed and ?furniture? I also give to my said daughter Grace six hundred pounds in money over and besides her customary part and other ?regards? before ?bequested? to her paid at the birth of her first child or within twelve months after her marriage(4) which shall first and next happen after my death. And to my sonne Thomas Thomason I give my greate Iron Chest. Then I do give and bequeathe the summe of forty shillings per Annum during so long tyme as my sonne Henry one of my executors hereunder named shall live to be by him paid unto two such able and orthodox Divines as he shall yearly make choyce of to preach two sermons yearly the ?one? in the parich Church of St. Dunstan's in the West upon Good Fryday in every year in commemoration of the sufferings of our Lord and blesed Savior for mankind. And the other to be preached at St. P_____Church in London upon the thirteenth day of August in every year in commemoration of the greate deliverance from the Spanish invasion in Anno Domini one thousand five hundred f___four and eight (note: the defeat of the Spanish Armada occured in 1588) ?a mercy? to this kingdom still be kept in the memory and never forgotten. Then I do will my executors to bestow the summe of Tenne pounds in ?one? handsome piece of Plate and to present it as my gift to the wor* Company of Haberdashers who have ever honored me with their love and solemn ____ Then I give to my servant John Durham if he shall still be living at my death ?five? pounds in money. And I desire my sonne Henry to ?accept? him into partnership of ?stocks and trade? with him for one half or one third if able to accomplish it. And all other my man servants and mayd servants that shall be living with me at my death I give forty shilllings a piese in money. And whereas I have a collection of Pamphlets and other papers and writings bound up with them of several volumes gathered by me in the tyme of the late wars and beginning the third day of November Anno Domini one thousand six hundred and forty and continued untill the ?happie? return and coronation of his most gracious Majestie King Charles the second upon which I put a very high esteem ?in? regard that it is so ?entire? a work and not to be paralleled and also of the long & ?greate paynes? industry? and charge that hath been taken and expended in & about the collection of them. Now I do give the said collection of pamphlets unto my personal friends Thomas Barlow Doctor of Divinity and now Provost Of Queens College in Oxon and Thomas ?L__ly? Doctor of Divinity and principal keeper of the Public Library in Oxon and John Rushworth of _____ ____ Esquire upon trust to be by them sold for the use and benefitt of my three sonnes Edward Henry and Thomas to be paid to them equally and proportionally parte and parte alike and I give to each of my said honored friends Doctor Barlow, Doctor ?L___ly? and Mr. John Rushworth forty shillings a piece money to buy each of them a ring to wear in rememberance of me. The ?rest? and ?residue? of my ___ money plate goods household stuffs and other Estate whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my three sonnes namely Edward Thomason, Henry Thomason and Thomas Thomason to be equally divided amongst them parte and portion alike. And of this my last will and testament I make and ?constitute? my said sonne Henry and my sonne in law William Stonestreet the full and sole executors commanding them to see it punctually performed according to my true meaning herein expressed. And I do desire my loving friends Mr. Anthony ?Dawse? Mr. ____ ?Farmer/ Farrier? and my cousin F___ Griffith to be overseers of this my last will and testament. And to be ayding and ___ing unto my executors in the execution thereof. And in token of my love unto them I give unto each of them forty shillings in money to buy each of them a ring to wear in rememberance of me. And my will and mynd is, and I do declare the same so to be that whatever legacies I shall give to any of my friends & ?organisations? by any codicill written with my own hand and annexed to this my will shall be taken as parte of this Testament contayned in seven sheets or leaves of paper subscribed my name to every sheet and prefixed my seale to the toppe and laste sheets this one & twentieth day of November Anno Domini 1664
(sentence in latin)
George Thomason
Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator as and for his last will & testament on the day of this date aforesaid in the presence of us. Richard Farmer George Jones John ?Stourton?
Now not knowing how my estate may fall out after my death attending to my will lately made, in case it should fall short Then I do give to my ^ two deare children, my daughter Grace Thomason and my sonne Thomason that full summe of money that my collection of pamphletts shall be sold for to be equally divided betwixt them both both for their advancement, which collection is in the hands of Doctor Thomas Barlow Provost of Queens Colledge in Oxford who is now in ?treaty? _about them for the publique Library with me and and I doubt not but near a conclusion which being concluded then shall I ____and desire my good friend Mr. Matt Goodfellow to be assistant to my sonne his servant in that particular, which I have no cause to doubt of. George Thomason
January 20th 1664 Signed and sealed in the presence of John Durham William Fletcher
A Codicill
I have made my last will and Testament bearing date the one and trentieth day of November Anno Domini 1664 I do by this Codicill constitute and make my sonne Thomas Thomasson another executor to be added to his brother Henry Thomasson and his Brother-in-law William Stonestreet. I also ____ my loving friend Mr. Goodfellow "his/has? Mr" to be another overseer of this my last will, a person of whose integritie and fidelity I am well assured of. My Iron Chest and all that is in it I bequeath to my dear sonne Thomas. That legacie to the company of Stationers I give under condition that they take into their hands. and discharge me of the rent of the five bigger warehouses I hold of them by lease at Stationer's Hall. And as for the six hundred pounds in money bequeathed to my deare daughter Grace if the customary parte fall short as I fear it may then that ?like? summe be paid to her out of that money which the pamphletts shall be sold for. And the like summe of six hundred pounds ?issuing? out of the sale of those Pamphletts I bequeath to my deare sonne Thomas now made one of my executors. And the remainder thereof to my sonne Henry and his brother Edward with the blessings of Almighty God upon them all. May the two and twentieth in the year of our Lord 1665 George Thomason
note: the dates as transcribed are correct as written in the record i.e. 21 November 1664 for the original will, 20 January 1664 for the addendum, and 22 May 1665 for the Codicil. I assume the addendum should have been written 1665.Probatum: in Latin, including the names and date in order: Thoma Reade ____ Doctor Surragato venerabilis, William Musick/Movick, sextimo dia ?monsia? Aprilis Anno Domoni millimo sexcenttisimo sexagesimo sexto (6th day of April one thousand six hundred sixty six) William Stonestreet Henrie Thomason Thoma Thomason
____________________________________(1) probably Foxes Book of Martyrs, printed in 3 volumes
(2) Katherine Thomason disposed of books in her will
(3) referring to page and/or book sizes wherein a sheet is folded and cut to produce a number of pages: folio=has the sheet folded once; quarto=sheet folded to make 4 pages; octave=sheet folded to make eight pages
(4) will of Grace Thomason (from Public Records Office, England says "spinster of Clapham, Surrey" d. 16 Sept. 1671
More About George Thomasson:
Burial: St. Dunstan's In The WestNotes for Katherine Hutton:
John Milton"s Sonnet 14 was written to honor Katherine Hutton. He noted it as "On the Religious Memory of Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, deceased 16 Decemb., 1646"Sonnet 14
When Faith and Love which parted from thee never,
Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God,
Meekly thou didst resign this earthy load
Of Death, Call'd Life; which us from Life doth sever
Thy Works and Alms and all thy good Endeavour
Staid not behind, nor in the grave were trod;
But as Faith pointed with her golden rod,
Follow'd thee up to joy and bliss for ever.
Love led them on, and Faith who knew then best
Thy hand-maids, clad them o're with purple beams
And azure wings, that up they flew so drest,
And speak the truth of thee on glorious Theams
Before the Judge, who thenceforth bid the rest
And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams.
Notes for Katherine Hutton:
John Milton"s Sonnet 14 was written to honor Katherine Hutton. He noted it as "On the Religious Memory of Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, deceased 16 Decemb., 1646"Sonnet 14
When Faith and Love which parted from thee never,
Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God,
Meekly thou didst resign this earthy load
Of Death, Call'd Life; which us from Life doth sever
Thy Works and Alms and all thy good Endeavour
Staid not behind, nor in the grave were trod;
But as Faith pointed with her golden rod,
Follow'd thee up to joy and bliss for ever.
Love led them on, and Faith who knew then best
Thy hand-maids, clad them o're with purple beams
And azure wings, that up they flew so drest,
And speak the truth of thee on glorious Theams
Before the Judge, who thenceforth bid the rest
And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams.